11/6/2013被澆灌的教會

經文:使徒行傳1－4章

中心思想:使徒行傳1：8-2：47

提要

        基督升天的那一幕在路加福音二十四章只有概略的描述，到了使徒行傳，路加才繼續詳述福音書中被他省略的部分。耶穌最後的教訓言猶在耳，門徒就開始四出傳揚永生之道，先是猶太人，然後是猶大的官員，門徒親眼目睹復活的主，又被應許中的安慰者澆灌了之後，他們遵照「前進的命令」勇往前進，對各方的譏諷、威脅和虐待完全無動於衷！

每日與主同行

         假設你正坐下準備進晚餐，這時候廚師告訴你，這是你整個禮拜的最後一頓飯，你會不會改變平日進時的習慣？飯後你會怎樣想？
        但願沒有人以這種方式進食：星期二晚上吃得很撐，跟著而來的是星期三的頭痛欲裂，星期四到下週的飢腸轆轆，那種飽脹的感覺簡直叫人無法忍受，而且也是不需要的！
        你曾想過嗎？你身體所不能忍受的情況，在屬靈層面裏卻是司空見慣？一頓主日的查經、禱告、敬拜的屬靈大餐之後，接著是六天的「飢荒」。
        耶路撒冷教會深知適量的屬靈食物是重要的，所以他們「都恆心遵守使徒的教訓、彼此交接、擘餅、祈禱。」（徒2：42）
        檢查一下你的屬靈糧食。看看你在查經、交通、敬拜和禱告上是否有適量平衡？現在為你在本週後面幾天的靈糧作一番分配吧！

默想

安息日的短程漫步
        基督升天後，眾門徒回到耶路撒冷的這段距離，路加稱之為「約有安息日可走的路程」（徒1：12），聽起來頗長，實際上非如此—只不過約三千英呎而已！這是安息日的時候，一個人在城外所能走的距離。

金言

基督徒從上帝的話而生，必須以祂的話來餵養。

The Church Empowered

Scriptures:Acts 1-4

Heart of the Passage:Acts 1:8-2:47

Overview

        Luke 24 presents only a brief glimpse of Christ's ascension. Now in the book of Acts, Luke resumes his narrative by filling in the details he omitted from his gospel account. With Jesus' last words of instruction still ringing in their ears, the disciples go forth speaking words of eternal life, first to the Jews and then to the Jewish officials. Visited by their resurrected Lord and empowered by the promised Comforter, they fearlessly follow their "marching orders" in spite of mocking, threats, and physical abuse.

Your Daily Walk

        Imagine that you are about to sit down to dinner when the cook informs you this will be your last meal for an entire week. Would that change your eating habits? How would you feel right after the meal?
        Hopefully, no one really eats that way intentionally. The stuffed feeling on Tuesday night, followed by the headache on Wednesday and the hunger pangs on Thursday through Monday, would make such food-stuffing almost unbearable. Besides, it's quite unnecessary.
        Did you ever stop to think that what you would never tolerate in the physical realm is often the "standard fare" in the spiritual realm? A Sunday "feast" of Bible study, prayer, and worship... followed by six days of "famine."
        The church in Jerusalem knew that a proper spiritual diet was essential. That's why "they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers" (2:42).
        Check up on your own spiritual diet. Is it well balanced with proper amounts of Bible study, fellowship, worship, and prayer? Take a few moments now to plan your spiritual diet for the rest of the week.

Insight

A Short Hike on a Sabbath Day — 
        When the disciples returned to Jerusalem after Christ's ascension, Luke describes it as "a sabbath day's journey" (1:12). That may sound long, but it really wasn't—only about 3,000 feet, the distance one was permit-led to walk outside the city limits on the Sabbath.

Adage

The Christian is bred by the Word and he must be fed by it.